Sabata yatha, Organic Produce Summit idachitika payekha ku Hyatt Regency Hotel ku Monterey, California. Nkhani yokhudza chochitikacho idasindikizidwa Lachisanu lapitali. Mwachizoloŵezi, chochitikacho chimatsekedwa ndi chiwonetsero chamalonda chomwe chimachitika madzulo otsiriza a masiku awiri. Monga zaka zapitazo, chiwonetsero chamalonda chinagulitsidwa. Makampani oposa 150 anasonyezedwa, ndipo chiŵerengero cha opezekapo chinafika pa 1,200, koma ena ambiri akanakonda kukapezekapo.
Kwa ena, aka kanali koyamba kupita kuwonetsero m'miyezi pafupifupi 18. Ena anali atapitako kale ku ziwonetsero zingapo zachigawo ku United States chaka chino. Chinthu chimodzi chimene aliyense ankafanana chinali chakuti ankasangalala kuonananso pamasom’pamaso. "Ndi chiwonetsero chathu choyamba chiyambireni mliri," atero a Patrick Cortes ndi Mission Produce. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti ichi ndi chiyambi cha anthu ogulitsa kubwera pamodzi pafupipafupi." Michael Dupuis ndi Divine Flavour nayenso anali wokondwa kubwerera. "Ndife oyimira organic, takhala tikuthandizira OPS kuyambira pachiyambi, ndipo ndi chochitika chomwe tikufuna kuchitapo kanthu," adatero.
Ray Wowryk ndi Nature Fresh Farms akuyenda pawonetsero.
Jamie Sells ndi Ben Vallejo omwe ali ndi Oppy ali ndi zokolola zosiyanasiyana zomwe zimawonetsedwa kwa ogula. Kuchokera ku maapulo a Kaduka, mpaka tsabola wa belu wa Divemex kupita ku Zespri kiwifruit.
Dinani apa kuti mupeze lipoti lathunthu lazithunzi kuchokera pachiwonetsero
Okhoza kugula
Owonetsa adadabwa kwambiri ndi kuchuluka kwa anthu omwe adapezeka pawonetsero. Chiwerengero cha (okhoza) ogula omwe adapezekapo mwina chinali chocheperapo kuposa zaka zam'mbuyomu popeza ogulitsa ena salola antchito awo kupezekapobe. Komabe, owonetsa adakondwera kwambiri ndi kuchuluka kwa ogula ndipo adati kunali kwakukulu kuposa momwe amayembekezera. Christina Ward ndi Sunkist adayamikira bungweli. "Ndi gulu labwino kwambiri komanso gulu labwino," adatero. "Ndibwino kwambiri kubwereranso kumalo owonetsera malonda." Ndi mpweya wabwino komanso malo otseguka pakati pa misasa, opezekapo adagawana nawo kuti anali omasuka kupezekapo.
Ngakhale kuti zinthu zina zatsopano ndi zopakira zidawonetsedwa, zinali zoonekeratu kuti cholinga chake chinali kuwonana wina ndi mnzake ndikupezana. Pambuyo paziwonetsero, makampani ambiri akhala akugwira ntchito molimbika pakupanganso malonda ndi zinthu zatsopano zomwe zidzakhazikitsidwe ku PMA Fresh Summit. Ndi PMA yolengeza za kuthetsedwa kwa chiwonetsero chamalonda cha Okutobala, zikuyembekezeredwa kuti makampani opanga zinthu apeza njira zina zopangira zolengeza zatsopano m'masabata akubwera. Kuthetsedwa kwa Fresh Summit kumatanthauzanso kuti sizikudziwika nthawi yomwe makampani opanga zinthu aku North America adzatha kusonkhananso pamasom'pamaso.
Branden Hontalas ndi Paul Mastronardi ochokera ku Sunset/Mastronardi amawonetsa mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya phwetekere wachilengedwe komanso mitundu yopaka. Asanayambike chiwonetsero chamalonda, Paul Mastronardi adatenga nawo gawo pazokambirana zakukula kwa Controlled Environment Agriculture: Real kapena Hype?
Rob Jackson akuwonetsa tomato wamphesa kuchokera ku Red Sun Farms.
Timu ya Pure Flavour. Kuchokera kumanzere kupita kumanja Chris Veillon, Tiffany Sabelli ndi Jamie Moracci.
Pakati pa Julayi
Organic Produce Summit imachitika mu Julayi, koma idasunthidwa mpaka Seputembala chifukwa cha COVID. Mu 2022, chochitikacho chidzabwerera kunthawi yake yapakati pa Julayi.